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DUMPING CART.

No. 366,428. Patented July 12, 1887.

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NICHOLAS F. REILLY, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,428, dated July 12,1887.

Application filed April 19, 1887. Serial No. 235.358. (No model.)

To (6 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS FRANCIS REILLY, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Dumping-Cart, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has reference to that class of dumping-earls in which thebox is of sheet metal and tilts bodily with the axle, to which thethills are connected by hinge-joints.

' The invention has for its object to so simplify and improve theconstruction and arrangement ofthis style of dumping-cart that extremelightness and economy are obtained with the greatest strength anddurability; and to this end the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, and then definitely claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a dumping-cart to which myimprovements have been applied, the box being tilted, part being brokenout, and other parts in section. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the box beingin its normal position. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan View of the same.

A designates the box of the cart, having an inclined top, front, andback, and constructed of sheet metal, preferably iron, braced at theedges and corners by angle-iron in the usual way, and A the wheels.

B designates the thills, C an ordinary catch for locking the box in itsupper position, and D the usual chain by which the box is adjusted.

The axle-body E is sunken in a groove in the axle-bed F, and the whole,constitutingthe axle, is rigidly secured to the sheet-metal bottom ofthe box A by the devices forming the first part of this invention. Theseconsist of outer and middle cross-straps, G H, respectively held againstthe under side of the axle body E, bolts I, passed vertically througheach strap G H, at either side of the body E, through the bed F and thebottom of the box A, and correspondiugly-arranged straps J, resting onsaid bottom, and nuts K, screwing on the bolts I to securely clamp theparts together and take up wear.

The outer bottom straps, G, are extended to form braces G, which arebent upward at an angle corresponding with the inclined back of the boxA, to which they are securely riveted or bolted. \Vith this constructionthe sheetmetal box is held fixedly in its relation to the axle inallpositions, while extreme strength and simplicity are secured.

The rest of the invention relates to the construction of the hingedthills B with reference to the box and axle.

Pairs of eyebolts L are passed transversely through the axle-bed F nearits ends and support the horizontal hinge-pins M. of the thills B in theusual way. The said pins are passed through and the heads of the bolts Lembrace eyes formed on the ends of the long stifi'ening plates N, whichare secured to the under sides of the thills by series of bolts 0,passed vertically through said plates N and thills.

Plates P are secured to the upper sides of the thills, and extendsomewhat beyond the forward end of the box, the bolts 0, used forfastening the lower plates, N, at that part of the thills, being alsopassed through the plates P, to form a sort of truss by which the thillsare given extreme stiffness to withstand the weight of the box. Theupper plates, P, extend from theinner ends of the thills, and the innerends of the lower hinge-plates, N, are bent upward at the rear lowercorners of the thills to bring the hingejoints at an equal distance fromthe top of the upper plates, P, and the under side of the box, so thatwhen the box is returned to its normal position, after dumping, theshock from its weight will come equally upon the bearing-plates P fortheir entire length. The bearing plates P, being strengthened by theirtruss-like connection with the bottom stiffening-plates, firmly resistsuch distributed shock, so as to prevent all danger of breakage of thethills, as often happens with carts of the ordinary construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a dumping-cart, thecombination, with IOO the.box,.axle, thills, and the hinge-joints of thesame, of long stiffening-plates secured to the under sides of thethills, bearing-plates on the tops of the 'thills, and bolts passedvertically through each stiffening-plate, thill, and

bearing-plate, the hingejoints being so arranged with respect to thebearing plates, thills, and box that the latter has a continuous bearingfor the full length of the bearing: plates, substantially as shown anddescribed.

NICHOLAS F. REILLY. \Vitnesses:

JAMES MACKEAN, WILLIAM T. HAYWARD.

